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Tin' cottage was ?t tho western end of tiio village, r.nd thore it stands yet, u poor, ugly bou e. closo <>n tbo strost. \. o wc?t tu, und after making clear to tbo good woi inn who owned u Uiat wo were not looking for lodgings wo snw ?!i that i' ro was to see of the dwelling. Tinte woro four rooms, two downstairs und two above. All woro bar? and disorderly, because, a* the woman explained, liousocloaulug was In progress, it was needed. Bhe showed a winding stair, bardly bet tor tbnn a ladder, wblcb lod from tbo lower to the upper roams*. There was no view, no garden. But in Coleridge's ib)y there veaa a small plot of ground bolongiug to tbo kouso and running back to the largo and pleasant placo of hl? friend l'oohv Dr. Henry Van Dyke lu S?. rlbncr's. Dlauk XcrKc. Blank or unrbyuied la that form of heroie vorso which la commonly em ployed In English dramatic and epic poetry, rt was Introduced by the Earl of Surroy, who died In 1517. In his translation of the second and fourth books of "iEneld." It was first cm ployed In the drama lu Backvlllo and Norton'? tragedy of "Porres and Por res," which wan printed In 1505, but It was not till Marlowe adopted It lu his ploy of "Tainhurlalne the Great" that It became the form regularly em ployed lu tbo metrical drama, which It lias Since, with ouly occasional Inter vals, remained. After Milton's use of it in "Paradise Lost" It was widely extended to many other classes of com position. Growth of the Ilnlr. The Influence of diet on tbo growth of hair has often been discussed. It has boon shown that starchy mixtures, milk and many other foods recognized as being highly nutritious are, In fact, sure death to hnlr growth. Chemical analysis proves tbat the heir Is com posed of o per eeut of sulphur and Its ash of '20 per cent of silicon and K> per cent of iron and manganese. The foods which contain the largest per cent- of the above named elements arc meat, oatmeal and graham. Henry pointedly says, "Nations which eat most meat have (he most hair." Wanted to Ho c?efui. Woman of tlie House (with shawl tied around her bead)?What are you bothering mo now for? Can't you poo we're getting ready to move? Huffon Bats?Yos'ra. I thought mebby you had some pies or scraps o' cake that wuzn't worth movln' on' you nij;'it like to git rid of 'em, ma'am.?Chicago Tribune, ('?Ulf of the Ilow. Mrs. Popley ? For goodness' sake, what's tbo matter with Willie? Mr. I'oploy (from tin* bathroom)?Oh, be wants the earth. Mrs. I'opley- Wants the earth? Mr. Popley?Yes; at least that portion of It that I'm trying to wash oft ids hands and face. Philadel phia Press. Uta Ou?r Chano?. "Ii there a man In all this audience," demanded the female locturer on wo man's rights, "that ha? ever done any thing to lighten the bunion ou bis wife's shoulders? What do you know of woman's work? Is there a man here," sho continued, folding her arms and looking o>?r the assembly with superb scorn, "that has ever got up lo tho morning, leaving Iris tired, wornout wife to enjoy her shunb?rs, gone quiet ly downstnira, ' made the Uro, cooked his own breakfast, sewod tho missing buttons on tho children's clothes, dnrn ed the family stocking*, scoured tho pete and kettles, cleaned and filled tho lamps and done all this If nocessnry day after duy uncomplainingly? If thero be such a man 1^ this audlenco let hhn rise upl I should really like to see him." And in the rear of the hall a mild looklug man In spectacles. In obedlcnco to the summons, timidly arose, flo was the husband of th? eloquent speak er. It was the first Ome ho had ever had a chance to assert nlruaelf.?Novel Meg&Sinc, lue? Kor H?imti Book*. "I made a few calls tho other day," said the pastor of an uptown church to his congregation, "and in one of tho houses I saw a strange thing. What do you think? One of the church hymn books, the property of this church, had been carried home and was placed un der the leg of the table to lengthen It out. I remonstrated at this menial uso of hymn books. Apologies and blushes were profuse. Now, I om not scolding about this, but hynm books cost this church money, and if any of you have tablos too short in the legs please put a newspaper under them or a piece of wood. If you do this, we won't have to send out and buy auother hundred hymn books, as we did last week." The pastor had no sooner ended these remarks than a girl sitting al most under his nose calmly opened a hymn book, placed It between bor back and the back of tho pew and settled comfortably down to listen to'the ser mon.?New York Press. Tlio T*r?i "Crony." Every one uses the term "crony" In the sense of "chum"' or "pal," and tho phrase "old cronies" has become spe cially familiar, but It Is doubtful whether the. original word bore any reference to friendship. The new ling Ush dictionary puts down Its origin to academic slang and quotes the Immor tal Pepys for the earliest Instances of Its us?'. Quite recently, however, an old letter of n si 111 earlier date has come to li?lit, in which m scholar is described as "conteutPto destroy his body with night labors and everlasting study to overtake bis ohrouyes and contempora ries." From this It would seem clear thai tb" word wai a bit of university Jargon, med to denote students of the sann- date and eo'ned from tin* Greek word that appears lu the terms "chro nology," "chronometer," "chronograph," that are connect'd with time. The 1 I.iw of Knicland. "I am onm/.cd." writes an American vlnitor, "at what seems to ho a custom in Englaii I of blowing loud trombone blasts on tbQ liiiman nose. In Urat Clans railway carriages, rodnuunts, churches, in tin* street, one is startled by these Bounds, generally explosive, sometimes BUstulhed. Old men, ??i 1 - dren and delicate ladies seem to bo Qdeptfl at 't. Is It a mark or a sound of delicate breeding?" It la merely an Instance of the untloual manners that illffcr in spit ? of k>o'! communications; An American Is Btartled ut Ibo tromj bone of the English nose. But the [jugllshmqn always 1ms a *???! i, and tint fact set ?? Ibo Uoto of tbo n.lional manners. And c.s wo travel wo ?hd many start I big things. Wo noto tlial (be Oer until makes strango uses of hi.s knife at tublo. Beaching (ho summer resorts of the Black sea wo Und tbo neighboring lady bathing without a br.tblug f.rcfis. It Is merely a matter of ItitltiuV,'. T! ? ila.t of England Is the !? ". ilkcrch'cf, and (ho morning bugle is the nose.?Tiondon Chronicle. IlrtdcRrootns ttsm red. Britleyis are :. mully considered iioctiss try to Ibo wedding festivities the world over, about (bo only land where they ar.6 regarded as unnecessary bc Ing Polynesia. There (be young man who would a-wo >lng r- ? turns die luat tcr ??.? r lo his parents and friends and takes tu the woods no dllHeull matter In tliat p u t of the country. The fami ly proct ed t > i rofllc with die parents of the bride elect, and after a more or less extended palaver (be arrangements are brought to it satisfactory conclusion. Then ensues n festal Ihne, with feast ing, spoechmaking and other forms of celebration until at last the nuptials arc announced and the groom makes bis appearance among bis friends. In (henry at lenstl niilllelontly hungry for human companionship to regard bis bride with more than usual compla cency. A I'o.iluge-Sliniiii Dilemma. Former lTe.*?ldoii( Salomon of Haiti hod his troubles with (ho post a go stamps of that disturbed republic. (b-u eral Salomon objected to his own por trait being placed on the stamp-;, bo a local artist was commissioned to de sign a female bead representing Liber ty. But tbo pcoplo mistook ibis for a portrait of Mrs, Salomon and objeclcd, They said, "The president would not have bis portrait on our slumps, bill Ii ? put bis wife's on Instead." Salomon admitted the resemblance, and Anally he consented to use b'i i own portrait to adorn the stamps. At about the time the new Issue was made Salomon had been deposed by his enemies, who final ly decided not to go to (ho expense of Issuing new stamps, hut do use (be Sal omon stamps, afilxlng them upside down. I'-1, (bis device all concerned wer?> satisfied, and from that (hue for ward, all letters bearing the slumps the rigid way up woro said to have been charged doublo postage on delivery, Just as (bough no postogo had been paid. Hint IuMpired Mn*l?. One of tho most pathetic sceucs re aiomborcd from the experience* of an unhappy genius is given, among other fuels, about Beethoven In the? "Life of Kir Herbert Stanley Oakcloy." The great composer delighted In the out door world. He love<l a tree, ho once do 'tared, with pardonable exaggera tion, "better than a ma*.. After he had become Btoiio deaf he visited the vnlloj of Ilclllgonstndt, near Vienna, \yherO he had stayed In other and happier days. "Here," ho said to tho frleud who ac COinpanli I him, ! composed my 'Pas toral R^rmiihony,' und here tho birds eoinpo I with me. Can you hoar a yellow hummer?" ?No." wr )t<" Iih friend <>n the conver sation slate, "And In the symphony 1 only remember the nightingale, quail and cuckoo." 1!.' believed certain phrases to have been ). e :i lor a direct imitation of certain birds, but Beethoven's method was a more poetic one. The birds bad inspired him; they had "composed"with him. Hut they had done it i>y contrib uting unconsciously to the Joyous har mony of the scone. Beethoven In answer to bis friend's suggestion took the slate ami wrote upon il a passage for the fltlto In the "Brook Scene." That wns what the yellow hammer had inspired him to do. The ''BrentultiB rave." In the western part of North Caro lina, In the mountains known ns the Fork range, is located the most remark able cavern now known to exist. It is called the Breathing cave ami Is cer tainly a most wonderful natural curi osity. During the summer months a ? in ?.?? nt of air cumes from It which is so troug that a full grown man oun nol wall: against It, and In winter the Inrush of air is equally strong. At times a most unpleasant odor Is emit ted from the cave, which Is supposed to be from the carcasses of dead ani mals which have been sucked In and killed by coming in contact with the In ner walls of the Inanimate, breathing monster. During the spring months, when the change from Inhalation to exhalation lakes place, tin- air is filled with pellets of hair, dry boucs, small c'aws, etc., which are supposed to come from creatures sucked into this dry hind maelstrom in times passed, Many sc Mists have visited and rovbltod tin place for the pur;' ?. " of studying Its peculiarities, but still the inyslory re mains unexplained. Tnrtful. Mr.;. John Sl'.erwo d was as fnmou-i far h?r exquisite nature us for her line style. AI n dinner on" ulghl tit the lime \vh a her novel "Tin* Transplnnt od lto ?o ' wu i ha ring n wl le circulation her uelghht ? turned and asked In per fect gool faith tho almost incredible question, ??. Sherwood, <ii you know u! o wrote "The Transplanted Hose?' " "!i sound.) U t though it might he Hardy,'' Ian/died the gifted woman without n iraco of ill nature.- Wo man's i fonie < onmanlon. Prrnldent Hnrea' Wutrln-?. President Hnyes wns In the habit of wearing u ehettp nickel watch while In tin* White House, aud much common! wns aroused ns to the reason. The truth wr.s that almost weekly a depu tation of western Indians called upon him, always bringing presents of boiuo kin I to the great father. Of course he was expected to Klve something In re turn, and the object was to find some thing cheap and at the same time ac ceptable Watches were a novelty to the Indians, and to present a chief with a watch which the great father himself had boon carrying always Im pi ?sed him greatly. Having discover ed this and not caring to distribute ild watches or even : liver onoa, Mr. Hayes hit u;>-i:t the expedient of buy ing nickel watches at $.1? u dozen and tlwnys im de I! convenient to have one with him again M an emergency. A \ovwity I.etrond, According I > n work on Norway, the scantiness of the soil In that country is explained by some of the country peo ple as follows: At the creation of tho world the nugels whose duty 11 was to scatter the soil forgot Norway. Seeing this, the guardian a 11 gel of the land made complaints to the Creator, What was to be douoV Impossible to restart the whole of the creation for the sake of Norway. "Tome, my little angels," said ho, "look carefully and perhaps you may still find a it.l'o earth." Iii conscience stricken ana ds swept tho Moor of heaven, and the little dud they found they gathered in their draperies and scattered over tho Norwegian rocks. Paces nttri Fce<. An English nrllst, writing In a Lon don woman'.; magazine, pays: "I do nol know If any one hau over drawn attention to Ihn fact before, Iba! you can generally toll the shape of :i woman's fool by her fuce. There is n i much character In a fool as in a b ind. Yon will generally find Iho round faced, short no3cd little w >: inn Im i th" prettiest ankle and foot; Iho high cheeked, long nosed wonm i l!to ugliest. Women with very pretty fae< s i old il I have pretty feet. Nature. eomchow or other, compi n sates it i daughters." PI :< lied i.:tIvor. In thi? course of her llrsl call upon one of h"i\ hmbnnd'u parishioners young Mi i, fin y sp ko feelingly of his noi.io, generous spu".t. "Ho Is as nearly un ultrulst as man may be." she said proudly and affec tionately. "Is ho nn nltrul IV sal l her hostess, with mild surprise, "I though! from the tone of his (tint ho probably was a bass." o?m Honte P? - i. "What do you think il feeding horat i on goose eggs?" ;? !.s mi Australian backwoodsman. "Thai wan done by a party who wi re stuck up Iho Ade laide during tb wpl <on. Tho na tives used t> bring hi e^.noo loads of eggs, which wove bi"?!:c!i into buckets and supplied to tho ! uv< ." "Gle V* u Lend." Deau Hole lit his book, "More Memo rier," (ells an amusing story of how an old woman got the bettor of bor clergy man in nn argument. The vlllago churchyard was overcrowded except on Its soilless northern Bldo, in whieh (he BUlclde was burled. One day (he vlcur, while visiting a poor old woman who wa < ulgli unto death, thought he would try to get her consent to be buried in (bo roomy northern plot. lie begun by assuring hor tbal the eoiumon aversion to burial In any particular portion of consecrated ground was a silly preju dice und a foolish superstition. Then be besought her, as a porfiOUUl favor to hlmsolf and as an example to others, to permit her body to be bulled in tho northern plot of the churchyard. The old womuu thought it all over for a few minute., and then answerc.l, "Well, sir, as you seem to tliink as one pari of the churchyard Is as good us another and that it makes no difference where wo be put, perhaps you'll gle us a lead." The vicar did not grasp the argu ment, but be changed the subject. A i >.'- ii e. ? ? ? i ii 11 ma Celebrity. An odd Impression was that which 0 cor go Eliot conceived of Schiller aft er her visit to Weimar with Lewes In 1 be August of the year of "the union," 1854. SllO was thrilled, she soys, by lb" legend over the poofs old house, ? IHer wohnte Schiller," but something In the naturo of disillusionment await ed her witblu. It was very Interesting to see his study, loft In its original state. Hut when It came to his skull, "which we saw for tin; first time, we were amazed at tho smallness of the In tellectual region." After that she could take no further pleasure in tlie contotnjdatlnn of tho too Mattering bust and portrait. And (ben "Rauch told us that (Schiller had a 'miserable Stltno'?a wretched fore head," while to complete the dOStl'UC ' (Ion of her Ideal she heard bow "Tieck, (be sculptor, was wont to declare that i something in .Schiller's whole person I reminded him of - n camel."?Pall Mall Gazetto. No More Work. Hicks?I suppose Dremor Is still pot tering alone al his Inventions, Wicks? Well, be has actually perfected a groat labor saving scheine at last. Hicks - Von don't say. Wicks Yos; he's going to marry Miss Uoxlay. Catholic Stand ard and Times. Tho Lesser Iflvtl. "I don't see why you asked Mr. Bohl* to slug," said the popular girl's sister. "I haled to do H." was (he reply, "but it was tho only way to make him stop talking." To the Mouner llonu. Grubber What a well bred man Mixer Is I Dumlcy (who doesn't like him) lie ought to be. His father is a baker. 1)0 all the good you can to all tho pe ?plo you can as long as ever you can In every place you can. Tho Flrlnar Fl?h. ?* TLe flying flsli when In the air uses Its pectoral flns precisely as a boy does a kite, the weight of the Ush's boily biking the pUc? of the strlug. As a b ? runs when he lets n Ulte go, so tho Hying tisb makes a preliminary rush through the water before ascending Into the nlr. In this way ns It leaves the surface nlr Impinges upon the low er area of the fin wluga, carrying the body upward and onward with a glld Ing motion. The am domical structuro the flying floh is such that It cannot flap Its "wings," and BO It possesses Iq or no guiding power when in flight. This accoiints for the fact that it frequently finds its way through ; Ipn' open ports or down skylights or Is Iielpl033ly Upon deck. Unit a Chrlntlau Aiiilcrurn, A critic writes of I Inns Christian An ?hrsen: "Ills vanity was perhaps his most salient characteristic. lie was photographed score? of time* in every position and costume, and ho never wearied of new presentments of his a!roug but unhandsome features. Ills whims were legion. He had a mor bld horror of being burled alive and always set a slip of paper by his bed rid" hearing the words, 'Sog es sklu d id' el am in a trance'). His hosts ' u 11 found him an exacting guest, but his little fallings were easily pardoned for the snko of his genius and his child like nature." An Irlali Incident. "Driver," said an English tourist who was being driven on a jaunting car through the Donegal highlands, "I not let? that when you speak to your friends whom you meet on the fortd you Invariably do so In Irish, but when you address your horse you do so in English. How Is this?" To which oame the retort: "Musba, now thin, isn't English good enough for him?" Good Iden. "The ancient Chaldeans/' observed the professor, "used to write their let ters on bricks." "And a good Idea too," chimed In practical Mr. Graball. "Then when a girl sent a fellow's letters back to him ho could use 'em to build a stable or something." The rtoiil Acme. "The acme (,f happiness," gushed the ardent lover, "Is t<> marry tho woman you love." "There's something in that,"' respond ed tho old married man, "but tho main point Is to love the woman you mar ry."- Louisville Courier-JournaI. Two or n Kind. "1 tell you my love for you Is Tank ing me mad- -mad!" "Well, keep quiH about It. It's bid jusl tho same pflYci upon papn." Not c. Coiifrrtr- >t?, ?'T).>;<; your son worry you by con tracting debts?" "Ho dottsu'l contract debts; ho ox PPT: Is ihem." l-'irnt Bccordi??] vn? lit Rave. A race across tho Atlantic u ? au would have seemed u wild ron tuco to King Gharlos II. when ho took log part In the Or t ?<? onV I race. "I sailed Hiir; morning." n tj ? Evelyn on Oct. 1, 1001, "with :. . maj. esty in one of Ids yachts, or pl< bout*. vessels not known nmoi g n< Uli tbo Hutch East Iii< 11n company pre Beutet! tlmt curious piece to Iho king, being very excellent Balling \> ?s< Is. it was on a woger botween bis oilier now pleasure boat, built frigate-like, and one of the Duke of York's; tho \vi {100; tbo rii?e from Greenwich lo Graveaend und back, The klug lo i going, the wind being contrary, saved stakes In returning. Then were divers noble persons and lords oil hoard, Iiis majesty Sometimes himself." "Yacht,'-a word now to Eng Inn I in 1000, is Dutch, from ": igten," to hunt, to siice l, connected with our "go."?London < 'hronlclc. iti-Hilust tlio llenrt, "Rest your heart now and tin ii dur Ing tho (lay," said an ln. tiu. | ? gymua dies. "But Iho benrl ean'l be rcsti I," .?; i?u ]?11 objected. "It works Incessantly from birth 10 death." "It rcsH the heart to lie down." : 1 tho Instructor, "livery night's nine hours saves (be heart Iho lift of .'12,000 or.nccn of blood, Cousldorohl ? :?<? ; tboVo, eb ? "When we lie down, you s i?, lljo heart's action becomes slower by but strokes a minute. Thus i hour <i;>0 strokes are saved and In hours 5,1'< i strokes. Each stroke ] "'?x cv.n'r" of blood, and tberofo nine hours Iho heart is saved tb?? of pumping "-'.loo ounces. "Tho heart often requires a rest." - Philadelphia Rullctin. Han the Ilulc Ont of Town, A lecturer recently (old of a Uns he saw some years ago In Manchuria whose methods of achieving results were not according to tho usual c Ii The Russian had a well In his fronl yard which be concluded to til] up, He began digging a bolo by the side of the well, throwing the dirt from Iho new excavation Into the well. "In tho course of time," said the speaker, "the old well was filled, bill there was a bolo alongside as big (lie first. Tbo Russian went farther away and dug another bole to fill the second. He continued this process ot digging one hole to fill th?> other until. ! he literally ran (ho hole .au of town." licit 1th nml Money, There is this difference bet ween those two temporal blessing-, health and money. Money Is tho most envied, I but tho least enjoyed; health i- the J most enjoyed, but the least envied, .and this superiority of the latter Is still more obvious when we reflect that the poorest man would not part with health for money, but tho rlchesl man would gladly part with all his money for health. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Every Day is Bargain Day AT RED RACK We are Looking forward to dou ble this business during 1906 Our Underselling Prices Have Startled the Wholesale and Retail Merchants of this Country by selling the same Identical Merchandise for Less Honey. "John Says Sell 'em, He Can Get More." So these Goods must go at Way Down floney Saving Prices. U-Come! U-See!! U-Buy!!! U-Save Money!!!! Six Special Bargain Days Each Week DURING July, August, September, October, November, December, 1905 Our Business is growing, you know the reason why? Yes! By selling- same Goods Tor Less Money all Cue yea)- round. Buy your Goods at Red Iron Racket and save 15 to 35 per cent on purchases. We have what you want in every line, and we are receiving Goods for all of our many de partments. Each week the newest styles and latest effects are shown he *e just as soon as they are created. RED IRON RACKET Burns' Two Stores That's Making Laurens and Greenwood Famous by Selling Same Goods 15 to 35 per cent Less.